Chapter 216: Maybe A Chance To Get Hands On The Taiyuan Arsenal
Xing Zhiguo still blocked Mr. Yan Kai: “Mr. Yan Kai, our regimental commander no longer wants to talk nonsense with you. You should please leave.”
“Let me say a few more words to your regimental commander. I believe him.” Mr. Yan Kai said anxiously to Xing Zhiguo.
“Mr. Yan Kai, please leave.” Xing Zhiguo remained unmoved.
Mr. Yan Kai was forcibly stopped and brought back by Xing Zhiguo. When he went to regimental headquarters to see Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong really didn’t even turn his head.
This matter seemed completely hopeless to discuss.
Mr. Yan Kai shouted angrily at Chu Yunfei: “Chu Yunfei, with the big battle imminent, Regimental Commander Li’s time is tight. You really shouldn’t talk nonsense.”
“Mr. Yan, I’m also considering your safety.” Chu Yunfei explained, feeling a bit uneasy in his heart.
Seeing that the other side was interested in the equipment, this topic had the opportunity to continue.
But with one sentence from him, the topic was directly killed.
Although Chu Yunfei didn’t think his suspicion was wrong, the words probably really shouldn’t have been said that way.
“Yes, I’m safe now, but now Regimental Commander Li refuses to communicate with us. What do you say we do?” Mr. Yan Kai questioned.
The Eighth Route Army’s Head of Logistics Zhang Wanhe found an excuse not to see us. Officer Yan is anxious and frustrated.
It was hard enough to have a bit of opportunity with Li Yunlong here. No matter what medicine is being sold in Li Yunlong’s gourd, let’s try this opportunity first.
In the end, this opportunity was also ruined by one sentence from you, Chu Yunfei.
“Mr. Yan Kai, this Regimental Commander Li is going out to fight. He has to come out eventually.” Chu Yunfei said to Mr. Yan Kai, “We’ll wait outside this regimental headquarters. I just don’t believe…”
Chu Yunfei didn’t finish his words when Xing Zhiguo said sternly: “Regiment Commander Chu, please don’t make things difficult for me. You should take Mr. Yan Kai and leave. If you linger here any longer, don’t blame me for not being polite.”
After speaking, Xing Zhiguo waved his hand, and the guards at regimental headquarters all had resolute gazes as they uniformly chambered bullets.
Chu Yunfei had no choice but to pull Mr. Yan Kai and retreat far away.
“Later when Li Yunlong comes out again, I’ll go intercept him halfway. Don’t follow me.” Mr. Yan Kai said solemnly to Chu Yunfei.
“Mr. Yan, you’re not really planning to go with Li Yunlong, are you?” Chu Yunfei still felt there was a high possibility that Mr. Yan Kai was being used by Li Yunlong.
“Besides this, do you have any other way to meet the Eighth Route Army’s Head of Logistics?” Mr. Yan Kai countered Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei fell silent.
If there was any way, they wouldn’t have come today and ended up having an unpleasant argument with Li Yunlong.
“Even if I’m being used by the Eighth Route Army, I can follow their troops and continue to see their Hell Cannon shells. Last time I didn’t get to see the shoulder-mounted cannon, but this time I can.” Mr. Yan Kai said to Chu Yunfei.
“Mr. Yan, so you knew that too.” Chu Yunfei looked at Mr. Yan Kai, “We don’t even know what their military action is. Rashly following…”
“Worst case, I’ll transfer together with the Eighth Route Army’s important logistics organ.” Mr. Yan Kai interrupted Chu Yunfei, “You should understand what I mean.”
“For such a big matter, if Officer Yan or the superior pursues responsibility later, I’m afraid I can’t bear it.” Chu Yunfei still said.
Chu Yunfei understood what Mr. Yan Kai meant.
Whether it’s the Hell Cannon or the shoulder-mounted cannon, these are important though.
But none are as important as this military industry expert from the Eighth Route Army Arsenal.
Mr. Yan Kai’s identity is very crucial. If Li Yunlong encounters an emergency, he will definitely send Mr. Yan Kai to the logistics organ.
Letting Mr. Yan Kai transfer together with the Eighth Route Army’s important logistics organ means there might be a chance to meet this military industry expert of the Eighth Route Army.
Mr. Yan Kai quickly took out paper and pen, wrote something, and handed it to Chu Yunfei: “When I leave with Regimental Commander Li later, take this back and give it to your superior.”
“Alright.” Chu Yunfei agreed.
Captain Sun Ming whispered in Chu Yunfei’s ear: “Regimental Commander, are you really okay letting Mr. Yan Kai go with Regimental Commander Li? We don’t even know what Regimental Commander Li’s combat mission is.”
“Every time the Japanese invaders raid, the Eighth Route Army’s combat method is always the same: break the encirclement, breakout transfer, that’s it.” Chu Yunfei said calmly, “His Li Yunlong’s combat mission is either to cover the transfer of the Eighth Route Army’s important logistics organs or a breakout operation. Could it be that he, Li Yunlong, with just one regiment’s troops, is going to clash head-on with sixty to seventy thousand Japanese invaders like throwing an egg against a rock!”
As long as Li Yunlong isn’t going to clash head-on with sixty to seventy thousand Japanese invaders like throwing an egg against a rock, then there’s no big problem.
“That’s true.”
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Not long after Li Yunlong returned to regimental headquarters, Xing Zhiguo came back and said to Li Yunlong: “Regimental Commander, that Chu Yunfei took Mr. Yan Kai and although they left our regimental headquarters, they’re waiting three kilometers outside, clearly wanting to continue contacting you when you take the troops out.”
“I was afraid he, Chu Yunfei, would really take Mr. Yan Kai away.” Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong laughed, “Deputy Regiment Commander Xing, your cooperation was well done.”
Chu Yunfei isn’t stupid; he definitely judged that old Li here probably has ulterior motives.
But old me directly cut off your path, leaving you no choice.
In the end, you still have to cooperate obediently.
Xing Zhiguo asked suspiciously: “Regimental Commander, you’re not really planning to take Mr. Yan Kai behind enemy lines, are you? If the brigade commander finds out, he’ll definitely be furious.”
“Deputy Regiment Commander Xing, you’re not going to tell the brigade commander, are you?” Li Yunlong asked.
“Of course not.” Xing Zhiguo immediately shook his head, “If we can pull in the Jin Sui Army, the success rate of this anti-encirclement campaign will greatly increase. As long as we break the Japanese invaders’ raid, our Border Region Arsenal doesn’t need to stop production. That’s better than anything.”
“Exactly!” Li Yunlong said seriously, “As long as we can keep our arsenal from stopping production, let alone using Mr. Yan Kai as a gun, even if it were his Officer Yan, old me would do it without hesitation.”
Zhao Gang distributed the weapons and ammunition, then came to Li Yunlong: “Old Li, weapons and ammunition and rations have all been distributed.”
“Old Zhao, you and Deputy Regiment Commander Xing handle the follow-up work at regimental headquarters. I’m off.” Li Yunlong immediately started to step out.
“Old Li, how come we don’t see Chu Yunfei?” Zhao Gang asked one more time.
“I’ve already sent him away.” Li Yunlong certainly wouldn’t let Zhao Gang know that they were going to use Mr. Yan Kai as bait again.
With Old Zhao’s personality, he’d probably report it to the brigade commander.
“Mm.” Zhao Gang acknowledged, and Li Yunlong took the troops and set off quickly.
Seeing Li Yunlong leading the troops out, Mr. Yan Kai hurriedly came over and shouted loudly at Li Yunlong: “Regimental Commander Li, Regimental Commander Li, Regimental Commander Li, I really believe you. I believe you. Let’s talk again.”
“Mr. Yan Kai, now that you believe me, it’s no use.” Li Yunlong continued to play hard to get, waving his hand and saying, “I have an important combat mission now and no time to talk with you.”
Although Mr. Yan Kai and Chu Yunfei had been brushed off, to make the other side willingly act as bait, they still needed to add more fire.
Mr. Yan Kai’s voice rose two notches: “Regimental Commander Li, we can talk on the road. I guarantee it won’t delay your time.”
“Mr. Yan, given your sincerity, I can consider it, but Chu Yunfei shouldn’t follow.” Li Yunlong deflected a few more times before finally stating his position.
It’s not that old Li here doesn’t want to pull Chu Yunfei along as bait too.
It’s that Chu Yunfei returning to the 358th Regiment’s command post would be more useful.
“Good, yes, yes.” Mr. Yan Kai nodded repeatedly.
After getting Li Yunlong’s permission, Mr. Yan Kai smoothly came to Li Yunlong’s side and apologized to him: “Regimental Commander Li, sorry, Chu Yunfei doesn’t know how to speak.”
“Mr. Yan, no problem. I’m not that angry anymore.” Li Yunlong said politely, then changed the subject, “If you want to see our Logistics Minister Zhang, you have to follow my arrangements.”
“You say.” Mr. Yan Kai nodded.
“Your eyes need to be blindfolded.” Li Yunlong said seriously.
“Blindfold my eyes?” Upon hearing this, Mr. Yan Kai paused immediately, “Do my eyes need to be blindfolded? I…”
Li Yunlong interrupted Mr. Yan Kai: “Didn’t you say you trust me? What’s this, you don’t even have this much trust?”
Zhang Dabiao said to Mr. Yan Kai: “Our action is very important and involves our army’s top secrets, so please cooperate, Mr. Yan. Of course, if you feel it’s inappropriate, you can still choose to leave now.”
Upon hearing “top secrets,” Mr. Yan Kai immediately thought of their arsenal.
Li Yunlong’s troops have extraordinary combat power, so it’s very likely they’re escorting their arsenal.
They’re making him blindfold his eyes because they don’t want him to know the location of their arsenal.
The Eighth Route Army is transferring, and the arsenal has to transfer too. Knowing or not knowing the location doesn’t seem like a big issue.
However, Mr. Yan Kai still chose to cooperate: “Alright, I’m willing to cooperate.”
If there’s a chance to meet the military industry expert from their arsenal, this opportunity definitely can’t be missed.
Seeing Mr. Yan Kai cooperate, Zhang Dabiao immediately had someone blindfold his eyes.
Zhang Dabiao was secretly suppressing laughter: “Hahaha, the regimental commander is still the smartest. Tricking Mr. Yan Kai into being bait, pulling in the Jin Sui Army again. Then our operations behind enemy lines will have support from the Jin Sui Army, greatly increasing the success rate.”
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan also whispered: “With the Jin Sui Army drawn in, if done well, the arsenal in the Twenty-first Brigade’s defense zone is nothing. We might even have a chance to go rob the Taiyuan Arsenal.”
Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao also laughed: “If we can rob the Taiyuan Arsenal, the profits would be so much we couldn’t carry them all. Then we probably wouldn’t have a way to transport them back. That’s a big problem.”
“Worst case, bury them somewhere outside first and retrieve them slowly later.”
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Li Yunlong waved to Chu Yunfei: “Brother Chu, I will protect Mr. Yan’s safety. You should please leave.”
“Let’s go.” Chu Yunfei led the guard troops and turned to leave.
Someone said to Chu Yunfei: “Regimental Commander, shouldn’t we assign some guard troops to Mr. Yan Kai?”
Chu Yunfei replied: “Last time, I sent my entire guard company, and what happened…”
Chu Yunfei didn’t finish his words, and the questioner fell silent.
